- Hola amigos, soy Sam in Mexico, yay.
And if you didn't understand that.
Hi friends, it's Sam in Mexico.
I am hot and sticky and covered in sand and salt
and had lots of cervezas and it's wonderful.
I'm having a fantastic time.
We went to this tiny little island called Holbox
and to get there I had to fly from Toronto to Cancun,
take a van from Cancun to Chiquila.
Take a ferry from Chiquila to Holbox
and then take a golf cart from the ferry to the hotel.
Yeah, it was a long trip.
But once we got there it was paradise.
Like, literally, people called it paradise.
I went on this trip with my cousin Gretty,
my long time friend Eleanor and my new friend Sarah.
And there's me being a dork.
The first night we found this cute little restaurant
and later found out this guy was vegan
which is kind of cool.
They had this vegan option on the menu
which is these chickpea ball things.
Unfortunately they were kind of bland and not that great
but at least they had drinks, right?
The hotel had this beachfront loungey restaurant hanging
kind of area which was lovely and the whole island
was just basically a really chill relaxing paradise.
There was hammocks in the water
and it was just really beautiful and serene.
Very calm and peaceful.
Not like a huge party town,
just very chill if that's what you're looking for.
For me, it was beautiful but it did get a little boring
after awhile because the island was so small.
The entire island is sand.
There are no cars on the island.
It's so small it's just golf carts and bicycles
which is super cute and makes it really friendly.
The downtown is really cute and has a tiny bit
of a nightlife vibe which is fun
and I found my happy place.
One of the things I love about Mexico
is there is art everywhere.
Murals are everywhere, crafts are everywhere,
they're all about the art and I love it.
The island is full animals.
Both pets and wildlife.
There are a ton of birds and iguanas.
I even saw a flamingo way off in the distance one day.
Just one guy all by himself.
There were also a ton of adorable beach dogs
and I swear, when I tell you this,
we witness these dogs have like morning meetings
where they meet up and like talk to each other.
And now for the food.
The hotel had a morning buffet breakfast included
which had lots of gorgeous fruit.
But to my surprise, the chef made me a breakfast especial,
a vegan breakfast every single morning.
I had called the hotel ahead of time
and told them I was vegan so I think that's a great tip
for future travel.
I had this amazing chia pudding with fruit and sugar chips,
pancakes with strawberries and dairy free chocolate sauce.
These amazing tacos with soy and mushroom
and picked veggies on jicama.
Cereal with dried fruit, fresh fruit,
and nuts and coconut milk and this amazing
and super creative grilled watermelon salad.
So big thank you to Holbox Dream by Experience Hotels
and Coquitos Beach Club for being so accommodating.
Now, unfortunately the town
was basically not at all vegan friendly.
I did see this vegetarian restaurant
but I never actually saw it open so I had to get a bit
creative and order side dishes to make tacos.
I ordered a cheese-less pizza.
It was dark.
Nachos without cheese.
These stewed vegetable tacos.
And of course, lots of guacamole.
I never thought I'd get tired of guacamole
but I'm definitely tired of guacamole now.
And of course I had lots of fresh fruit including coconut
and papaya, all sorts of yummy things.
And when all else failed, there were always drinks.
Lots of drinks.
Now I have been to Isla Mujeres and Tulum and both places
were very vegan friendly so I was a little surprised
it wasn't more vegan friendly but I clearly
should have looked it up first, whoops.
Luckily, Eleanor and Sarah rented a place with a kitchen
beside us so we ended up going shopping and making
some amazing vegan salsas and beans and guacamole.
It was so delicious.
We also went on some fun adventures and exploration
of the island and stopped at this watering hole
which sounded like this.
(woman speaking foreign language)
But then everyone left
and we had it pretty much all to ourselves.
We also went and saw bioluminescence
but this was my footage.
Yeah, it actually looked like this.
Which was completely amazing and surreal.
On our way home to the airport we stopped by a cenote
which is an underground cave with fresh water.
This one was up to 300 foot deep in some places
and there was fish and bats flying around.
It was really cool.
Then as a final stop we stopped in Puerto Morelos
on the way home and I found a vegetarian restaurant, yeah.
I was so excited.
We had an amazing lunch of this fresh, delicious,
green soup which came with horchata which is a sweet
rice milk beverage with cinnamon on top of it, so yummy.
And this big plate of all this good stuff.
Pasta, tacos, so much goodness.
And the whole meal cost 85 pesos
which is less than five dollars, US.
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I'll see you next week.
Bon provecho.
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